BBC bias: BBC presenter Devina Gupta, on a day when the BBC knows there will be no detailed Israeli reply, reports unchallenged an allegation of Israeli mass murder despite starting the report “It’s not clear how they died, or when they were buried.”
this morning (wednesday 24th), 6.06-6.12am, 6.25-6.29am, 7.16-7.22am, 7.31am, and 7.38-7.43am, on bbc world service radio
newsday (presented by devina gupta and james copnall) includes …
“Hamas … says more than three hundred bodies were found under the courtyard at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
There are also reports of mass grave sites discovered at another location, the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city.
It’s not clear how they died, or when they were buried.”
including contributions from …
• ravina shamdasani, spokesman for volker turk, unhchr
• bbc reporter sarah smith
• activist essma bengabsia, columbia
• nibal farsakh, palestine red crescent
• analyst david gentleman
(see also https://camera-uk.org/2024/04/26/how-did-a-bbc-report-on-mass-graves-come-about/)
(if you missed it, available from 0:00:50 to 0:06:15 and 0:19:43 to 0:23:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbjy5mr2rn3, and from 0:10:50 to 0:16:15, 0:25:18 to 0:25:30, 0:32:23 to 0:37:50 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbjy5mr2wd7)
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